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War Comes to Britain

Episode number: 1

Overview: Jeremy Paxman presents a four-part documentary charting how the First World War affected Great Britain, with this episode focusing on the war's early stages.

The War Machine

Episode number: 2

Overview: Series charting how the First World War affected Britain. With the country unprepared for war, the whole population is enlisted to turn Britain into a war machine.

The Darkest Hour

Episode number: 3

Overview: Series charting how the First World War affected Britain. How Germany's attempts to starve Britain into submission edged the nation closer to defeat than ever.

At the Eleventh Hour

Episode number: 4

Overview: Series charting how the First World War affected Britain. Jeremy Paxman describes how the country came to the very brink of defeat in the last year of the war.